--- title: Why might a parent trust you with bigger jobs if you always do small… — Routines, screen time and earning money · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a parent trust you with bigger jobs if you always do small chores properly? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/264-routines-screens-and-earning/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Routines, screen time and earning money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/264-routines-screens-and-earning/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money Why might a parent trust you with bigger jobs if you always do small chores properly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** small chores This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/264-routines-screens-and-earning/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t4:1 # text = Why might a parent trust you with bigger jobs if you always do small chores properly? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 properly properly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | you | small chores | | | | always, properly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Doing a job well builds trust ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t4:o1:1 # text = Doing a job well builds trust 1 Doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | gerund | | a job | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | | 2 | **build** | present | Doing | trust | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trust=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Small chores do not matter to anyone at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t4:o2:1 # text = Small chores do not matter to anyone at all 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Small chores | | | all | | to anyone | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anyone=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Parents only trust children who complain ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t4:o3:1 # text = Parents only trust children who complain 1 Parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 complain complain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | present | Parents | children | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | children | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Doing chores badly shows you are busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t4:o4:1 # text = Doing chores badly shows you are busy 1 Doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | gerund | | chores | | | | badly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | | 2 | **show** | present | Doing | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | you | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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